Boško Bursać Explained

Boško Bursać
Fullname:Boško Bursać
Birth Date:22 August 1945
Birth Place:Bosansko Grahovo, DF Yugoslavia
Death Place:Arnhem, Netherlands
Position:Forward
Years1:1963–1964
Years2:1964–1972
Years3:1972–1974
Years4:1974–1980
Clubs1:Proleter Zrenjanin
Clubs2:Rijeka
Clubs3:NK Zagreb
Clubs4:Vitesse Arnhem
Caps1:20
Caps2:179
Caps3:46
Caps4:125
Goals1:11
Goals2:90
Goals3:30
Goals4:56
Totalcaps:370
Totalgoals:187

Boško Bursać (Serbian: Бошко Бурсаћ; 22 August 1945 – 8 April 2020) was a Yugoslav professional footballer.[1]

Club career

Born in Bosansko Grahovo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, then part of Yugoslavia, he started his career at Serbian side FK Proleter Zrenjanin. After only one season, he moved to HNK Rijeka where he was regarded as one of the best forwards and he remains the club's top scorer of all time. He was the club's top scorer for five years. After eight seasons with Rijeka, he spent 2 seasons with NK Zagreb before he continued his career abroad in the Netherlands with Vitesse Arnhem.[2]

Death

Bursać died in Arnhem, Holland on 8 April 2020 at the age of 74.[3] [4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: TUŽNA VIJEST ZA HRVATSKI NOGOMET! Umro je najbolji strijelac u povijesti Rijeke, miljenik navijača koji je više puta rekao NE moćnicima iz Beograda . . sportske.jutarnji.hr . April 8, 2020 . April 13, 2020 . Croatian.
  2. Lazzarich, Marinko (2008) (in Croatian). Kantrida bijelih snova. Rijeka: Adamić., pp. 451-3.
  3. News: Lammers . Lex . Vitesse-icoon Bosco Bursac overleden . AD . 8 April 2020 . Dutch.
  4. News: BOŠKO BURSAĆ... U Nizozemskoj u 74. godini od upale pluća preminuo najbolji strijelac Rijeke svih vremena . www.novilist.hr . 8 April 2020 . 8 April 2020.